Auchettl, 27, of Ballart, Australia, plans to become the "new face" of temporary architecture in San Diego. Loewenstein, 28, of Irvine, wants to build the first RAD Lab, taking it from concept to full development. Grauten, 26, of Long Beach, also wants to get the project built and make it a success "right off the bat." Poage, 25, of Madera, wants to work on implementation as well and "work with the city to understand exactly how this project will be implemented." All four received their master's degrees from NewSchool. Read more about the team at their website, design-tempo.com. (Poage introduces the project via this short video.)

Michael Marable sees the Southern California coastline as a tourist mecca as well as an overcrowded area with limited safe havens for marine life. He would create a series of submergible structures serving as research labs, residential housing, hotel accommodations, an manmade harbor and an artificial coral reef.

From his thesis: "The complex is on an urban scale and is sustainable with the employment of passive systems that interact directly with the unique environment provided by the ocean... Several advances in technology have been researched in the blending of these multifaceted realities, resulting in designing a semi-submerged, mixed-use typology called 'Suburbia.'"

Marable, 36, of Ellenwood, Ga., is moving to Washington, D.C., to seek work at an architectural firm.